MA Lin celebrates victory over Timo Boll
2004 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Photo
courtesy of the
ITTF
Full name: Ma Lin (simplified Chinese: 马琳; traditional Chinese: 馬琳)
Nationality: Chinese
Grip: Pen hold
Blade: Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive Pen hold
Rubber (backhand): Butterfly Bryce/Bryce Speed
Rubber (forehand): DHS Skyline 2
Playing Style: Offensive–consistent forehand loop; known for powerful third ball attacks. Ma Lin uses a reverse pen hold backhand, using the underside of the blade. While the reverse pen hold backhand is becoming more popular, the reverse backhand is somewhat unusual for a pen hold player.
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This weekend, Come Along, Ping Pong invites anyone in London to play on tables designed by artists and designers especially for the Barbican art gallery. The event is produced in collaboration with Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. The Workinng Men's Club hold both racy and refined weekly events including ping pong. Come Along, Ping Pong is part of the art events of Do Something Different and East.
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Art-Star Ping-Pong at the BND Galleria from Milan at Arte Fiera 2009 by The Blue Noses.
As far as I know, none of the artists in Blue Noses’ installations actually play or played ping pong, but intriguing artwork all the same.
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If you live in the the Springfield, Missouri area or are planing on traveling to Missouri this coming Saturday, March 6, make sure to check out the Missouri Winter Games 2010 Open.
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Results
NYTTF February Table Tennis Open
February 7, 2010
New York, NY
USATT Sanctioned Tournament
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photo from TOSY
"The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire..., but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present."
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A huge Chinese New Year celebration took place last weekend at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Li Ning, a leading Chinese sporting goods apparel company, sponsored the event, which included ping pong.
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